Thursday, June 18, 2015

Sony Focused On New Experiences, Not backward compatibility


As we know Microsoft announced Xbox One backward compatibility support for Xbox 360 titles. Now we are wondering whats Sonys responds to the news. In a Polygon interview with the President of Sony's Worldwide Studios, Shuhei Yoshida has responded to the news, calling it "interesting," and stating that the company has no immediate plans to offer native backward compatibility onPlayStation 4. "The technology involved must be very challenging," The PS4 does offer some kind of backward compatibility by way of PlayStation Now. However, this is a paid streaming service. But could the PS4 ever offer a native backward compatibility solution? "I don't think we will change our approach," Yoshida said. "The PlayStation 4 doesn't have backward compatibility." He went on to say that Sony will instead focus on building new features and services for the PS4. But Sony hasn't ruled out native backward compatibility entirely. "Backward compatibility is hard," Yoshida explained. "I won't say we'll never do it, but it's not an easy thing to do. If it was easy we would have done that." What do you think of this news ? What do you think of Sony’s solution to backward compatibility, PlayStation Now ? 


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